Public Works and Government Services Canada
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Public Works and Government Services Canada (formerly referred to as the Department of Public Works and Government Services) is the department
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 of the government of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 with responsibility for the government's internal servicing
Civil service
The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....

 and administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

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The Minister of Public Works and Government Services
Minister of Public Works and Government Services (Canada)
The Minister of Public Works and Government Services is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's "common service organization" , an expansive department responsible for the internal servicing and administration of the federal...

 is the Honourable Rona Ambrose
Rona Ambrose
Ronalee "Rona" Ambrose, PC, MP is the Minister of Public Works and Government Services for Canada, Vice-Chair of the Treasury Board Cabinet committee, Minister of State for Status of Women Canada and Minister of Western Economic Diversification.In the previous Parliament, she was Canada's Minister...

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Branches of Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Accounting, Banking and Compensation
  • Acquisitions
  • Consulting, Information and Shared Services
  • Corporate Services, Policy and Communications
  • Departmental Oversight
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology Services
  • Legal Services
  • Parliamentary Precinct
  • Program Policy, Acquisitions
  • Real Property


Special Operating Agencies reporting to Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Shared Services Canada
  • Translation Bureau


Former Branches of Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Communication Canada
    Communication Canada
    Communication Canada was an agency of the Department of Public Works and Government Services in the Government of Canada. Its responsibility was primarily for keeping federal government departments and their agencies connected with Canadian citizens...

    (1995–2004)

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